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A parent’s life is probably one of the busiest there is. My “busy” life before becoming a parent…a total farce. I just thought I was busy. Puh-leeze. And keeping up with everyone else’s special days? You know, you’re friends’ birthdays and anniversaries? Who’s got time for that, right?!?! Well, you do, actually. No excuses. You can […]

I love to cook for my family, but being a stay-at-home mom of 3 small children (while being pregnant with a fourth), I really hit my physical & emotional limit by 6pm. That’s dinner time around here. There have been times when I’ve just sat at the table sobbing tears of exhaustion while the Hubby […]

It really is the simple things that make life special. My husband and I had a whim to make the 9th of every month Kissy Day. Every family member (pets, too) on the 9th every month gets nearly attacked with sweet little kisses. We have been doing it for probably a decade now (maybe more) […]

Every night, we pray with and over the Wee Allens. Among the things we pray for and against, we pray that they will be healthy—that any virus or illness they come into contact with will be short-lived in their bodies. If at that time they are battling sickness, we proclaim that by HIS stripes […]

I wasn’t prone to ear infections as a child, but my grandmother always made me put rubbing alcohol in my ears after swimming anyway. Thanks, Granny! When I started bringing my girls to swimming lessons (at 18 months old), the swimming instructor (who has four children of her own) advised that I treat them after […]

So you’ve got a blank wall and you’re trying to figure out how you’re going to cover so much space with artwork. A collection or collage of photos or prints with a similar theme is a classic way to fill up that blank space. But, you want it to look artsy-fartsy and NOT like […]